Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU77282

Input validation error in Sysinternals Suite and Sysinternals Process Monitor - CVE-2023-29353

Published: June 14, 2023

Vulnerability identifier: #VU77282

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-29353

CWE-ID: CWE-20

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in Sysinternals Process Monitor for Windows. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Affected software

Sysinternals Suite
Sysinternals Process Monitor

How to mitigate CVE-2023-29353

Install updates from vendor's website.

External References

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2023-29353

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